Facebook closed at a $1 trillion market capitalization on Monday afternoon for the first time.
By Georgina Tzanetos
The push to bring Facebook over the trillion dollar edge came with a 10% soar in share price after a Washington, D.C. district court dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against Facebook. News of the favorable ruling for the tech giant sent its stock price surging.
Facebook has come under scrutiny recently for its treatment of users’ information. Almost all of Facebook’s massive revenue comes from its customized advertisements shown to users through Facebook and Instagram ads. Your personal information is sold to advertisers and companies throughout the world that use your profile to craft ads they believe would be applicable to your interests based on the information Facebook provides.
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The U.S. government, along with 48 states and districts, sued Facebook last December, claiming the tech company was monopolizing and abusing its power in social networks. The lawsuits intended to split Facebook up to more evenly distribute its power across Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram.
U.S. district judge James Boasberg ultimately ruled that the lawsuits were “legally insufficient” at proving Facebook was a monopoly. He dismissed the complaint but not the case, according to Reuters. This means the FTC could technically file another complaint in the future.
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